CVE-2023-38175

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

7.8 High

CVE-2023-38175 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Microsoft Windows Defender, published August 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.54%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

What does this mean?

Severity: 7.8 HighCVSS 3.1, CVE List
Exploit chance: 0.54%EPSS, 46th percentile
Exploitation: None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in: No fix listedNo source names one

Description

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Local
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

0.54%Up 0.5 points since Aug 9, 2023

Affected products

What each source reports

CVE List Score used7.8

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2023-38175
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2023-419997.8

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record: EUVD-2023-41999
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-56r2-62gh-h7qr7.8

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record: GHSA-56r2-62gh-h7qr
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD7.8

Microsoft Windows Defender Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Record: CVE-2023-38175
CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-59
Updated: 2026-11-10

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 10, 2026	facts	NVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

Description

Attack profile

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What an attacker can affect

Exploit likelihood

Affected products

What each source reports

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